A group of girls were in the woods with Tituba. Tituba was waving her hands around a fire and chanting something while the girls were dancing. One of the girls were naked. Then Reverend Parris spotted them through the trees.
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Maleeka’s ability to love her dark skin and overcome her insecurities empowers her to stop accepting Charlese’s bullying. Maleeka also tells John-John that she didn’t avoid him in second grade because she wanted to sit next to Caleb, but rather because she had trouble seeing the board.